Basilio Bets to Upset DeMarco for World Title
Syracuse crowd watches as Carmen Basilio from Canastota fights welterweight champion Tony DeMarco in Memorial Auditorium. NBC plans a 10 p.m. EDT telecast from War Memorial arena as promoter Norman Rothschild reports a near sellout of the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium. Basilio eyed the crown in a 1 round bout, with odds at 5 to 4 against him, while DeMarco’s Boston support could tilt the betting.
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Syracuse
Avraonce Ralgear
Memorial Auditorium
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Basilio
Canastota
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Chester
Binghamton
Utica
Batsilio
Kid Gavilan
Reed
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Perch fishing slows after sudden cold snap at Lorain
Lorain anglers report a surge in perch catches earlier in the week along the west break wall near the lighthouse with George Bair and Mae Snyder hauling 29 and 105 fish. A sharp temperature drop, high winds, and a muddy lake hindered results by Wednesday, with pike activity down and hopeful plans for dredging and dock expansion at the old Lorain harbor.
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Lorain
George Bair
Mae Snyder
Riverside Marine Service
Beaver Park
Lake Rd
Doc Schaeffer
Anderson
Doc
Local Golf League Scores and Bracket Updates
Max Jalowiec led scoring with 38 as Cherry Ridge hosts City League play. Art Hudnut and Joe Emody carded 39, while Fey Insurance beat Timms Divot Diggers 64. Standings show Blue Division leaders West Side Lumber and Elyria firms, White Division led by United Polish Club, with numerous first round and bracket updates for Elyria Country Club events and June flight deadlines.
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Max Jalowiec
City Golf League
Cherry Ridge
Art Hudnutt
Joe Emody
General Motors and Meister Co
Fey Insurance
Timms Divot Diggers
Timms Turfriders
Bob Kiely
Neal Dunstan
West Side Lumber
fRcheisters Heating
Timms Diver Diggers
Elyria Foundry
Elyria Merchants
Chuck Schmitt
Elyria Country Club
Man Grant
Grant
William Kerr
William Barstow
al Wrobleski
R O. N. Minnich
Steve Nagy
Bob Lindstrom
Paul Minnich
A. G. Heinrich
Kerr
Michael Barth
Walter Locke
Harold Kunkle
Dayton Robinson
Barth
the Carl
Bankers, Yates Construction Tie Up League Play
Yates Construction defeated the winless Cubs in a Bankers league game as Chick Vollmer collected three hits in four trips and Tim Boylan drove in runs with a clutch hit. Ron Read added a triple for Yates while Bob Fritz pitched a five strikeout win. Novak led the Cubs with a two for three day including a triple as Savings tied the other game with a 10 0 victory.
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Yates Construction
Bankers
Hot Stoves
Cubs
Chick Vollmer
Yates
Ron Read
Kent Ross
Larry Thatcher
Tim Boylan
Bob Fritz
Fritz
Legion Cubs
Novak
Tribe's Trend Today 1955 Indians Place WoL Pct GB Third
Indians standings show 30 21 6588 54 with WoL, Pct and GB data for 1955. References to Henderson, Barrett, Yates Construction, and other names appear in fragmented lines. The text mixes team standings with scattered names and dubious codes across 1954 and 1955 contexts.
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Indians
Grafton Nine Tops Columbia In E Loop
Grafton Foal Center defeated Columbia 34 in a Class E Suburban league game. Tom Glant led the win with a triple and two hits, Wilkes Nettles added two hits, while Offenburg pitched a one hitter fort.
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Grafton
Columbia
Loop
Offenburg
Fort
Tom Glant
Wilkes Nettles
River Downs Admitted to Racing Association
NEW YORK AP The Thoroughbred Racing Associations board admits River Downs near Cincinnati to its membership linking the Ohio track with current association members.
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New York
Thoroughbred, Racing Associations
River Downs
Cincinnati
North East Farm Loops To Open Little League
North and East Farms form four clubs each with North playing 12 games and East half that, starting Saturday and ending July 23 with half season splits. North clubs Dodgers led by Stratton and Hessler Giants by Coughlin and Me Donough Indians by Lees and Forseth Yankees by Henke and Harpster. East Dodgers led by Schriner and Westfall Giants by Mowry and Trumble Braves by Terrell and Kaylor Cardinals by Dunstan and Fackler. Opening North games feature Dodgers vs Giants and Indians vs Yankees at Lexington Avenue diamond.
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Little League North
East Farms
Dodgers
Chuck Stratton
George Hessler
Giants
Dick Coughlin
John Me‘Donough
Indians
Ed Lees
Ed Forseth
Yankees
Jim Henke
Fred Harpster
al Schriner
Hubert Westfall
Dick Mowry
Jack Trumble
Braves
Dick Terrell
Billy Kaylor
Cardinals
George Dunstan
Wes Fackler
iEast
Tony Mileti
Lexington Avenas
Ely School
Lexington
Ely
Inside Baseball for Little Leaguers play calling and miscommunication
A lesson from early baseball etiquette explains outfield communication. Center fielder has priority but teammates must call the name of the intended fielder to catch fly balls. A 1951 Willie Mays incident with Don Mueller led Leo Durocher to stress shouting names, not generic calls, to prevent collisions.
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Willie Mays
New York Giants
Mays
Don Mueller
Mueller
Pittsburgh Pirates
Leo Durocher
Avon Lake Class F Youth Baseball League Scaled Back
Avon Lake plans a Class F youth baseball league for ages 13 to 15 but reduced from four teams to two due to a shortage of teams. Contests were set for Tuesday through Friday with games at Avon Lake Avondale Avenue and Innbed Boulevard facilities. Kale Canfield and Jack Wakefield were listed as program contacts.
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Avon Lake
Kale Canfield
Avondale Ave
Munt
Teanicipal Recreation
Jack Wake
Ield
Innbed Blvd
Elyria Chronicle Telegram Item From June First Fifty Eight
Elyria Ohio Chronicle Telegram reports a local item dated Friday June first nineteen fifty eight. The brief notes a city event with no further details given.
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Elyria
Ohio
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Lorain grid banquet ends in mutual consent
The Elyria and Lorain high schools announced the discontinuation of their annual football banquet starting next season. Both athletic directors said growing costs and scheduling difficulties made the event financially unfeasible and agreed to end the tradition begun in 1923.
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Lorain-Elyria High School
Elyria
Foster Elliott
Lorain
George Daniel
Elyria and
Elyria Lorain
Pioneer
Steeler Guidders
Cadets and Vets Triumph in West Point Ball Split
West Point Eagles beat VFW Lions 13 2 in the opener at Lappin Field with Dick Dumke homering and Dick Dumke also starring for West Point. Cadets Dick Dumke and Larry Gould doubled and Larry Lewicki plus Chuck Lewicki combined for a two hit pitching effort. Cadet Bill Jackson had two hits in four trips including a double.
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West Point
Eagles
Bob
Bastic
Little League West
Tak-I
Jack Squires
Elyria Eagles
Jand
Lappin Field
WFAV
Rivne Gugies
Gould
Lewickt
Jackson
Basti
Vets
Loutres
Oswalt
Tom Becker
Herta
Ame
Clule
Bob Pesti
Reddinger
Fanning
Dave Snodgrass
George Cluley
Lions
Snodgrass
Clary
Dick Dumke
Larry Gould
Chuck Lewicki
Cadet
Bill Jackson
Roland Hinds
Larry ‘Wheyman
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